Hong Kong 1971 - Squatter huts cover the hillside. White patch to the right is all that remains of 3 luxury apartments swept away in a mudslide which killed 80 people.

Hong Kong 2002 - All the squatter huts are gone. Modern business buildings and apartments crowd the skyline.

With the highest property value on earth, HK still has room for a beautiful downtown park.

Star Ferry takes people across the harbour for 10 cents. In 1966 bloody riots broke out when the government raised the fare five cents.

A cacophony of squawks and whistles tells us we are getting near the Mong Kok in Wong Tai Sin.

Of the old Supreme Court building.

Rob's old chum, Tony Giles, a Police officer who retired in Hong Kong, took us to Wong Tai Sin Temple for some spiritual rejuvenation.

Tony , a student of Buddhism, told us that after we burned joss sticks in honour of our ancestors then had our fortunes told, we would feel much better - and we did!

The fortune teller at the Wong Tai Sin Temple said good things were in store for us, but to Pat and Lisa's great displeasure he didn't say which store!

We also sought solace in the newly built Chi Lin Buddhist Nunnery, an island of repose in the midst of the Hong Kong's hustle & bustle.

Tony and his family took us for a delicious U-Pick dinner at the New Territories fishing village of Po Toi O.